I am learning slowly to bring my crazy pinball-machine mind back to th…

Anne Lamott
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I am learning slowly to bring my crazy pinball-machine mind back to this place. ✨ Anne Lamott (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, p.99, Anchor
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I am learning slowly to bring my crazy pinball-machine mind back to this place. ✨ Anne Lamott (2007). Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, p.99, Anchor

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